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in 2016 they decided the presidential election. shelby county has more registered voters in 2017 then 50 other counties in tennessee combined. we all know that shelby county is not the county determining elections. if you could speak a little bit about this idea, rural voters are somehow disenfranchised when you see that in terms of voting and elect oral power, often times they are the ones whose voices count the most. >> i would respond to that in a few parts. i am not sure exactly what the number is. if it reflects national trends, one out of every two rural people voting. more people voting in rural areas than urban ones respectively, we are talking about less than half that did not even show up to vote. and then of that less than half that did show up to i am pretty sure it is one out of every four. it may be a little bit more than that. i know what the most one out of every four voted for clinton. less than 50% of any of the take 75 presented at 50%. voting is something that i don't talk about a lot. when i talk about sydney a
in 2016 they decided the presidential election. shelby county has more registered voters in 2017 then 50 other counties in tennessee combined. we all know that shelby county is not the county determining elections. if you could speak a little bit about this idea, rural voters are somehow disenfranchised when you see that in terms of voting and elect oral power, often times they are the ones whose voices count the most. >> i would respond to that in a few parts. i am not sure exactly what...
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i asked david about his authority as an elected official. i said that the approach of different things do you have much interaction or controlled with them? control, he said, none. so this is my third point. there is a thing about the majority position under the rule of numbers that doesn't last when you are a majority. once a person's rights are taken foaretaking the numbers do not p suddenly. this is what i call majoritarian cannibalism. the power and embrac embrace ism but it quickly turns cold. a few months after david and i spoke i ran into him while eating lunch at a pizza parlor and she told me as he was clouded with darkness but the land wathat theland was no long. georgia power habit. so here's my fourth point. when people lose their right they do not just go away quietly into the night. they may or may not go to the polls with their anger but they do fight back and if they live in a distrust of a democratic state they take the fight into their own hands. in burke county they take up arms. 150 counties in 211 burke county had the hi
i asked david about his authority as an elected official. i said that the approach of different things do you have much interaction or controlled with them? control, he said, none. so this is my third point. there is a thing about the majority position under the rule of numbers that doesn't last when you are a majority. once a person's rights are taken foaretaking the numbers do not p suddenly. this is what i call majoritarian cannibalism. the power and embrac embrace ism but it quickly turns...
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he was his best friend, and helped him get elected and the recount that followed the election results. adviceries to give him on erratic. -- on iraq. he later tries to help get out of iraq and wasn't listen to. through his career, it showed how things changed in washington where james baker had been so integral to so many important decision making moments and had suddenly begun to pass on to the next generation the reins of power. host: let's go to calls for susan glasser and peter baker. two louisville, kentucky. louisville, kentucky. caller: nice to see you altogether again. a book about a chief of staff has to be something very interesting, and it seems like a really good subject. you get to find out things about people that you don't really know. i have to ask you one more question, who is your favorite writing partner don mitchell or susan glasser? no pressure. best. susan by far is the we were lucky because we are a married couple and that is why we are not socially distanced. we got together 21 years ago with washington post she was my editor and we were working on the clinton
he was his best friend, and helped him get elected and the recount that followed the election results. adviceries to give him on erratic. -- on iraq. he later tries to help get out of iraq and wasn't listen to. through his career, it showed how things changed in washington where james baker had been so integral to so many important decision making moments and had suddenly begun to pass on to the next generation the reins of power. host: let's go to calls for susan glasser and peter baker. two...
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in my early days in fort worth covering the politics about ten days out from any election, there was always a whisper campaign that one of the candidates had a girlfriend on the east side. why, i don't know. we would check these things out and most of the time they didn't amount to anything. there is no such thing as the whisper campaign in politics anymore. some of the signs of something like that, they put it on a blog and suddenly it is out there. taking it down, it's had more of an impact i think on politics than it has as journalists because the person running for office, he or she has to decide do i ignore this and hope it goes away? do i comment and give it wide distribution, and even we see now if people deny things that are made up, they still hold on. it is still a percentage of people in the country that think barack obama is not an american citizen. how much fact checking will it do to finally knock that down? pizza place in washington. i hillary clinton in the basement totally in the foundation. they fired her weapon and he was going to shoot the doorknob off so he could
in my early days in fort worth covering the politics about ten days out from any election, there was always a whisper campaign that one of the candidates had a girlfriend on the east side. why, i don't know. we would check these things out and most of the time they didn't amount to anything. there is no such thing as the whisper campaign in politics anymore. some of the signs of something like that, they put it on a blog and suddenly it is out there. taking it down, it's had more of an impact i...
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that lasted up until the 2018 midterm election. the very first thing he did when republicans wereth decisively -- was to fire jeff sessions. it was a bill barr's trick to go in when the president started railing on him and did he have many topics he wanted to get him off of? >> that's a great benyette in bill barr's memoir in which he says he and mike pompeo who is trump's's second secretary of state that they would distract donald trump by mentioning the russia investigation and the mueller investigation when they were worried about something and that was talk about waving our red flag at a that was an easy way to get trump on a lecture that could last for a long time about how badly treated he was. but you mention bill barr. to me he is a fascinatinge example while donald trump broke with many people and many officials ended up breaking with donald trump it's always a complicated story. bill barr got the job as trump's second attorney general after a fire jeff sessions in part because he heard meadow saying he thought the mueller
that lasted up until the 2018 midterm election. the very first thing he did when republicans wereth decisively -- was to fire jeff sessions. it was a bill barr's trick to go in when the president started railing on him and did he have many topics he wanted to get him off of? >> that's a great benyette in bill barr's memoir in which he says he and mike pompeo who is trump's's second secretary of state that they would distract donald trump by mentioning the russia investigation and the...
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in the 1991 goal for the election in florida. it is an amazing list. [laughter] >> i cover that in 30 seconds? >> and then religiously determined so the first to have arr james madison baker and then not to embarrass the family and what he may or may not have had a hand in it was particularly good to keep a distance. and with his own friends and the bush family. but it mattered to him to be anything suggested untoward and then with a a biographer jimmy carter and no reason you should it turns out the carter campaign prepared for the debate against reagan it turns out the person who worked for a ted kennedy went to the reagan camp i read the debate book. and then dirty tricks. and then baker gets brought into it. but then he is lying in a matter so much. and when we are interviewing him and susan baker his been married to p him today. and then the death of a grandchild. and then to think of it one way or the other. and it tells you so much of politics and it was a little bit of an act of rebellion and then raise the 88 campaign to think as a' partisan a
in the 1991 goal for the election in florida. it is an amazing list. [laughter] >> i cover that in 30 seconds? >> and then religiously determined so the first to have arr james madison baker and then not to embarrass the family and what he may or may not have had a hand in it was particularly good to keep a distance. and with his own friends and the bush family. but it mattered to him to be anything suggested untoward and then with a a biographer jimmy carter and no reason you...
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she is a first woman and first openly gay person elected as governor of massachusetts. >> please welcome -- [applause] [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you. mr. speaker -- [applause] madam president -- [applause] members of the legislature -- [applause] they are not going to let me start, are you? [applause] thank you. thank you so much. mr. speaker, madam president, and members of the legislature, madam chief justice and members of the judiciary, members of the governors council, former governors, first responders, members of the armed services, veterans, and distinguished guests, residents of our beloved commonwealth. [applause] we gather today to transfer the power of government and to renew the miracle of democracy. we gather in the public trust and commit ourselves once more to the work of the people. i think governor baker who led this commonwealth with a steady hand. he has covered with care and integrity eager to study problems and work together on solutions. the example he set for eight years was in the best traditi
she is a first woman and first openly gay person elected as governor of massachusetts. >> please welcome -- [applause] [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you. mr. speaker -- [applause] madam president -- [applause] members of the legislature -- [applause] they are not going to let me start, are you? [applause] thank you. thank you so much. mr. speaker, madam president, and members of the legislature, madam chief justice...
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he did speak out against trump's false claims about the 2020 election and he had a view. make of it what you will, but he certainly has a view that he shared with us many times that you know, he found much of trump's both policy agenda, especially his efforts to change american foreign policy, he profoundly disagreed with that, he was very uncomfortable with trump's personal behavior and character and yet, i think, you know, there's this paradox and it's not just about jim bakker, it's about millions of republicans who shared those qualms and overcame them and voted for him because he was a republican nominee anyway. >> i think a lot of americans these days are like, i don't like our politicians, i'm going to support whoever supports my issues, in baker's case, i like the tax cuts, conservative judg and deregulation, i don't approve of trump as a person, but the policies are more important to me than the personality. that's the argument at least some of them make and look, if you are an anti-abortion voter, somebody for whom that is important, then he accomplished what yo
he did speak out against trump's false claims about the 2020 election and he had a view. make of it what you will, but he certainly has a view that he shared with us many times that you know, he found much of trump's both policy agenda, especially his efforts to change american foreign policy, he profoundly disagreed with that, he was very uncomfortable with trump's personal behavior and character and yet, i think, you know, there's this paradox and it's not just about jim bakker, it's about...
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in many ways, i sat down with him a few days before the 2016 election, and he was absolutely in pain and tortured about what to do with donald trump. he doesn't believe anything i believe when it comes to foreign policy. he told me he thought donald trump was nuts and couldn't bring himself to reject the party nominee. he was convinced the only way to yield a power is from the inside. and he just isn't a man who thinks there is any efficacy whatsoever in being our slight howling and complaining. this is a struggle of the party under trump. it is on a personal level is the opposite of him and baker never brought himself to publicly denounce trump. he spent his whole life working in a different direction. >> it's fascinating. of thesthese men that helped she washington such enduring legacies. at the books couldn't be more important right now and i want to begin to thank these amazing authors, richard holbrook at the end of the american century, and susan glasser and peter baker, the man who ran washington, the life and times. thank you all for an extraordinary conversation. ♪ ♪ ♪
in many ways, i sat down with him a few days before the 2016 election, and he was absolutely in pain and tortured about what to do with donald trump. he doesn't believe anything i believe when it comes to foreign policy. he told me he thought donald trump was nuts and couldn't bring himself to reject the party nominee. he was convinced the only way to yield a power is from the inside. and he just isn't a man who thinks there is any efficacy whatsoever in being our slight howling and...
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the 1991 gulf war, the election in florida whichee he is deeply involved with. it's an amazing list. >> i want to cover all that in k30 seconds or so. >> what's interesting about baker is he was religiously determined to protect his reputation. he cared a lot about whether people thought he was a man of integrity or a man of ethics and again this is the fourth person that carried the name james addison baker so there was a burden on him not to embarrass dathe family. when things came up that he might have had a hand in or not, he was particularly good at keeping a distance and sometimes to the point his own friends including in the bush family may be too much so but it mattered to him when someone suggested. you mentioned in the briefing book a good one to talk about with a biographer of jimmy carter because this for those who don't remember and there's no reason you should it turns out ate briefing book that the campaign had prepared for the debate against reagan had a person who worked for ted kennedy been given to the reagan camp and they used it before the d
the 1991 gulf war, the election in florida whichee he is deeply involved with. it's an amazing list. >> i want to cover all that in k30 seconds or so. >> what's interesting about baker is he was religiously determined to protect his reputation. he cared a lot about whether people thought he was a man of integrity or a man of ethics and again this is the fourth person that carried the name james addison baker so there was a burden on him not to embarrass dathe family. when things...
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of course election changed everything. i remember that light is the middle of the night jerusalem and the results came in and susan text me saying for small trump was going to one, second i'm also going twice to come back and she was right. [laughter] student what to do their part in jerusalem? >> force of the "new york times" owns it. after he finished renovating turned over to her successor who got to enjoy it more than we hadid. >> host: you came back and worked at the "new york times" and you stated politico for a while? >> guest: that's right. we are writing a column, doing a podcast. it was supposed to be interestingly focus on international affairs. financing the point here and we've still been in that moment for the last five or six years now is that the united states is the biggest focal point of global disruption that there has been. if you care about foreign policy and i was the editor of foreign policy magazine. the truth of the matter is, this disruption this internal crisis in the world's major superpower is
of course election changed everything. i remember that light is the middle of the night jerusalem and the results came in and susan text me saying for small trump was going to one, second i'm also going twice to come back and she was right. [laughter] student what to do their part in jerusalem? >> force of the "new york times" owns it. after he finished renovating turned over to her successor who got to enjoy it more than we hadid. >> host: you came back and worked at the...
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susan was going to join us after the election because he was the editor of politico at time of the election changed everything. the results came in and second of all are goingto want to come back, she was right . >> what did you do with your apartment in jerusalem ? >> after week and renovating it we turn it over to our r successor. >> you came back and worked at the new york times and use data politico for a while. >> i was writing a column, do a podcast but it was supposed to be interestingly this on international affairs say that we still in that moment for the past five or six years is that the united states latest full whole point of global disruption that there has been. if you care about foreign policy and i was the editor of foreign policy magazine but the truth is this disruption, this internal crisis in the world's major superpower is the latest question for anyone who cares about foreign policy so in a way we got to the foreign correspondents in our own country . we had to politerally buy a whole new house. our house was rented out so even though we were gone for a few minutes as
susan was going to join us after the election because he was the editor of politico at time of the election changed everything. the results came in and second of all are goingto want to come back, she was right . >> what did you do with your apartment in jerusalem ? >> after week and renovating it we turn it over to our r successor. >> you came back and worked at the new york times and use data politico for a while. >> i was writing a column, do a podcast but it was...
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we have governance in order to set up the next election. we use our time and power to set up issues that we can use to bash the other guy in two years during the next congressional election or the next presidential election, and that just was not the way he wanted to operate he wanted to he did want to get stuff done. it did me working with democrats because they had democrats in power in the house for all 12 years at reagan and bush 41 were in office and in six of the 12 years in the senate. he wasn't getting done if he didn't work with democrats. so why would he sit there and make them the enemy? and and you know, he had friends on the other side. he could talk to democrats and so he also could be pretty tough when he was secretary of state. he actually barred bb netanyahu from entering the state the state state department when he was ambassador something they'd like to do ever since that. well, that's right. that's one of my actually one of the best stories. that's that's not in the book, but that you know is is netanyahu's clearly faile
we have governance in order to set up the next election. we use our time and power to set up issues that we can use to bash the other guy in two years during the next congressional election or the next presidential election, and that just was not the way he wanted to operate he wanted to he did want to get stuff done. it did me working with democrats because they had democrats in power in the house for all 12 years at reagan and bush 41 were in office and in six of the 12 years in the senate....
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it was a scrupulously fair election. never has there have been an election widely viewed by many countries. c-span: and you were there are? >> guest: oh yes with president carter and others and we rejoiced because such an enormous percentage of people voted. such elaborate precautions were taken to prohibit any fraud at any time. jimmy carter had done as much as anybody else to lay the groundwork for this and of course when they voted they voted to elect a new regime rather than the sandinista regime headed by jim moto very friendly to our country. so in every way the result that i fought for and worked for and may have put my career on the line for ended in bloodshed and resulted in free and fair elections of a democratic regime. c-span: jim baker he is a texan. have you ever sat down since you left office and talked about what went on? >> guest: yes, we have talked several times. we visited on the telephone for your four weeks ago and we exchange correspondence. he is endowing a chair at rice university in and suggeste
it was a scrupulously fair election. never has there have been an election widely viewed by many countries. c-span: and you were there are? >> guest: oh yes with president carter and others and we rejoiced because such an enormous percentage of people voted. such elaborate precautions were taken to prohibit any fraud at any time. jimmy carter had done as much as anybody else to lay the groundwork for this and of course when they voted they voted to elect a new regime rather than the...
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susan glasser served as editor of politico during the election cycle. a founding editor of politico magazine and editor in chief of foreign policy magazine. she's the author with her husband peter baker of kremlin rising: vladimir putin's russia and the end of revolution . they are presently writing a book on the trump presidency that we are all waiting for in greatanticipation . with that let's welcome peter baker and susan glasser and we will sit down to a conversation . [applause] >> welcome peter and susan. >> i want to begin with a quote from george orwell. writing a book is a horrible exhausting struggle. like a long bout of some painful illness. one would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. so peter and susan, i want to understand what demon drove you to spend seven years on jim baker. all the bakers. there's no relationship, is there? >> no relationship. >> what demon drove you on? >> thank you to everyone for coming out today, it's wonderful to be with you and especial
susan glasser served as editor of politico during the election cycle. a founding editor of politico magazine and editor in chief of foreign policy magazine. she's the author with her husband peter baker of kremlin rising: vladimir putin's russia and the end of revolution . they are presently writing a book on the trump presidency that we are all waiting for in greatanticipation . with that let's welcome peter baker and susan glasser and we will sit down to a conversation . [applause] >>...
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it was a pledge to his political base that got him elected president in the first place. it was a constant friction point and some of the stories are incredible. he wasas probably more abusive toward her than any other member of the cabinet. there were repeated examples of that from her perspective and not of her advisers and just remarkable the stories that we are able to report in the book about the extent to which he was constantly demanding they do things they were told was illegal. if nielsen had the difficult job of saying no again and again to a president that didn't want to be told no. some of the ideas were unbelievable. they wanted too build a moat at the border and alligators and shoot at the legs of migrants. she had an incredibly difficult time handling that. >> host: in your four years covering the trump white house, did you witness political ad aptness? >> guest: the biggest political challenge at the white house is managing their boss. someme of them were confrontational which probably didn't always work. some of them found ways steering him in the directi
it was a pledge to his political base that got him elected president in the first place. it was a constant friction point and some of the stories are incredible. he wasas probably more abusive toward her than any other member of the cabinet. there were repeated examples of that from her perspective and not of her advisers and just remarkable the stories that we are able to report in the book about the extent to which he was constantly demanding they do things they were told was illegal. if...
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and he was elected president. elected to the u.s. senate. he was a scholar and a very prickly man in many ways. howard would only benefit i would but one of the things of his academic career was that he was a notice semanticist. and he had written a textbook on semantics people i knew that howard how was doubtful about the panama canal treaties so i bought a copy of his book on semantics. it was about this thick, about like war and peace. and i laboriously went through that book and i underline passages. i really started the book and then i invited him over to the oval office just to talk to me about the panama canal treaty. and just an inductive days, i said i read your book about semantics. and i said it's very impressive. and he immediately thought that i was a liar. so he asked a couple of questions about his books and i can almost quote his book. and i convinced him and i believe that was one of the reasons later -- [laughter] -- that he made a boat that is transformed live in panama. and i think it also transformed life for a celtic so
and he was elected president. elected to the u.s. senate. he was a scholar and a very prickly man in many ways. howard would only benefit i would but one of the things of his academic career was that he was a notice semanticist. and he had written a textbook on semantics people i knew that howard how was doubtful about the panama canal treaties so i bought a copy of his book on semantics. it was about this thick, about like war and peace. and i laboriously went through that book and i underline...
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the 1991 gulf war, the 2000 election in florida. it's an amazing list. >> do i want to cover all of that in 30 seconds or so? the interesting thing about baker was he was adamantly, that's not the right word, he was religiously determined to protect his reputation. he cared a lot whether people thought he was a man of integrity of an amendment of -- ethics and the fourth man to carry did named james addison baker said there was a burden on him. he was particularly good at a -g sometimes to the point where some friends including the family thought maybe too much so. but it's seared him when someone suggested anything untoward about him. you mentioned the briefing of the book. for those who don't remember and no reason we should it turns out a briefing bookre that the cartr campaign had for the debate against reagan had been paid it turnsd out up person worked for kennedy and they used it for the debate to prepare. i don't know how much it helped them produce basic stuff but it was the scandal at the time because it was a trick was ei
the 1991 gulf war, the 2000 election in florida. it's an amazing list. >> do i want to cover all of that in 30 seconds or so? the interesting thing about baker was he was adamantly, that's not the right word, he was religiously determined to protect his reputation. he cared a lot whether people thought he was a man of integrity of an amendment of -- ethics and the fourth man to carry did named james addison baker said there was a burden on him. he was particularly good at a -g sometimes...
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but the election changed everything and the results came in and she said first trump is going to win, second of all we want you to come back. >> so what did you do with your apartment blocks. >> we turned it over to the successors who got to enjoy it more than we did. >> and you worked at "the new york times" in a state of politico for w a while. >> we were writing a column and doing a podcast but it was supposed to be interesting focusing on international affairs but i would say the point here is still in that moment for the last five to six years now the united states is the biggest focal point of global disruption that there has been if you care about foreign policy, and i was the editor of foreign policy magazine but the truth of the matter is this disruption and crisis in the world's major superpower is the biggest question for anyone so in a way we got to be foreign correspondents in our own country and we hadre to literaly buy a whole new house. our house was rented out so even though we were only gone in my case a few weeks in washington it felt covering the presidency was cov
but the election changed everything and the results came in and she said first trump is going to win, second of all we want you to come back. >> so what did you do with your apartment blocks. >> we turned it over to the successors who got to enjoy it more than we did. >> and you worked at "the new york times" in a state of politico for w a while. >> we were writing a column and doing a podcast but it was supposed to be interesting focusing on international...
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and i just want to share this litany that emerged shortly after he was elected president. and i'm going to paraphrase it, but essentially that rosa said so martin could march and obama could run. and and so that all the children could fly. this this was a litany attributed to jay-z in the moment. and so, as i said to start this conversation, you you make this criticism about the narrow wing of black politics. and in the big sense of the word, i'm too looking at the way that we understand and or have evoked the legacies of three black freedom struggle figures. so let's start with dr. king himself and to open this up, i just want to mention a brief account of attending a martin luther king breakfast celebration. i was teaching at indiana university beginning in 2005. i think it was the first year that i attended. and the theme that year was the power of one. and i remember then thinking to myself, this is not the right message for dr. king's legacy, because essentially it tells everyone that unless you are that one, there's no role for you to play. now, i think that the orga
and i just want to share this litany that emerged shortly after he was elected president. and i'm going to paraphrase it, but essentially that rosa said so martin could march and obama could run. and and so that all the children could fly. this this was a litany attributed to jay-z in the moment. and so, as i said to start this conversation, you you make this criticism about the narrow wing of black politics. and in the big sense of the word, i'm too looking at the way that we understand and or...
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the 1991 gulf war, the 2000 election in florida here which he was deeply involved with. it's an amazing list. >> do i want to cover cover cover all of that in 30 seconds or so? >> the relish about baker was he was adamantly, he was religiously determined to protect his -- reputation he cared a lot about what people thought and whether he was a man of integrity and ethics and this is the fourth person to carry the name james a. baker so when things take came up that were scandals that he may or may not have had a hand in he was good at keeping at a distance and sometimes to the point or is on friends including the bush family thought maybe too much so but it mattered to him if anyone suggested anything untoward efabout him. for those who don't remember and no reason you should it turns out a briefing book that the carter campaign had prepared for the debatete against reagan had been taken and given to the reagan camp and they used it to prepare. i don't know how much it helped them. whatever. he was a big scandal atim the te because it was really a trick and only eight ye
the 1991 gulf war, the 2000 election in florida here which he was deeply involved with. it's an amazing list. >> do i want to cover cover cover all of that in 30 seconds or so? >> the relish about baker was he was adamantly, he was religiously determined to protect his -- reputation he cared a lot about what people thought and whether he was a man of integrity and ethics and this is the fourth person to carry the name james a. baker so when things take came up that were scandals...
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it ended that kind of hardline politics. 1991 probe for the 2000 election in florida, people involved and it is an amazing us. [laughter] >> was interesting about baker is that he was adamantly, that's in the right but he was religiously determined to protect his relocation right, he cared a lot about what the people thought that he was a man of integrity and ethics this was the first person to carry the name james out of some makers was a burden him not to address family so things came up the month that headed or might not of had a hand income he was particular good at, he believed at a distance and sometimes to the point where his own reporting it was family, thought maybe too much so predict that it mattered to him, somebody suggested anything like you mentioned in the briefing, the biographer of jimmy carter because for those who don't remember, the reason that you should, it turns out that everything has been had prepared for debating is reagan had turns out person who were from ted kennedy into writing camp new super the debate too prepare the rent it i don't how much it really
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and still learning a lot about what the efforts whereby russia to influence the election. a fairly sophisticated campaign of targeting american through facebook, twitter, might not be visible with specific demographics or where you are. how does that affect your views of the social media platforms, is that something to worry about when it comes to democracy? >> guest: absolutely. no question this is what russians are doing and what they discovered and what they are doing all across, they don't have to drive their tanks crossed the border anymore. they have cyber bribing local officials, put stuff, fake news to try to destroy the credibility of the country's media and make sweetheart deals to the oligarchs to build apartments and things like that. they are in total control, the country may go by its old name but it is under the control of russia right now. heather connolly who is a scholar did a wonderful -- the kremlin playbook, she studied five countries there. and each one of them. >> host: the playbook is not radically different. >> guest: when you see and understand th
and still learning a lot about what the efforts whereby russia to influence the election. a fairly sophisticated campaign of targeting american through facebook, twitter, might not be visible with specific demographics or where you are. how does that affect your views of the social media platforms, is that something to worry about when it comes to democracy? >> guest: absolutely. no question this is what russians are doing and what they discovered and what they are doing all across, they...
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we will not ask foreign powers for help in our elections. i was so struck by it echoes of such a contrast to what we were covering during the day. >> look at think peter's point is really well taken. jim baker was the non-trump in many ways and yet he could not think about them. i sat down with him before the 2016th election he was a man stricken. he was absolutely in pain and tortured over what to do about the holtrop eddie told me donald trump doesn't believe everything everything -- anything that i believe when it comes to foreign policy. he says crazy things and the fact he told me that donald trump was not entity couldn't bring himself to reject the nominee. jim baker came out of his time in washington convinced that the only way to wield power is from the inside. and is not a man who thinks there's efficacy about being outside howling and complaining. this is a struggle of the republican party under trump. and it's a window into the party watching jim baker russell was donald trump who wanted personal level is the exact office of him a
we will not ask foreign powers for help in our elections. i was so struck by it echoes of such a contrast to what we were covering during the day. >> look at think peter's point is really well taken. jim baker was the non-trump in many ways and yet he could not think about them. i sat down with him before the 2016th election he was a man stricken. he was absolutely in pain and tortured over what to do about the holtrop eddie told me donald trump doesn't believe everything everything --...
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those of them emphasized the role of election and a fundamental role for the people in studying the terms of legitimacy. that is true of greek democracy and true of the roman republic. her example is the roman republic, no law could be passed without it being passed by a popular assembly. if you think about the influence of the elite in rome in the senate for example that was significant. the senate can pass laws. they could make decrees. they could manage business. they could manage the budget, but if they want to pass a law they have to go to the people. it is interesting under the empire the idea that the people fundamentally i was optimal for studying terms of legitimacy continues so that the romans thought the people acclaimed each new emperor ended from that public acclamation that they are legitimacy derived and that idea in medieval and modern political science become an important underpinning for popular sovereignty. >> host: who are some of the leaders in the great development of politics? >> guest: for example, everything about athens about athens, the interesting thing is the
those of them emphasized the role of election and a fundamental role for the people in studying the terms of legitimacy. that is true of greek democracy and true of the roman republic. her example is the roman republic, no law could be passed without it being passed by a popular assembly. if you think about the influence of the elite in rome in the senate for example that was significant. the senate can pass laws. they could make decrees. they could manage business. they could manage the...
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>>> it's about why we elected trump and i couldn't get past it. i couldn't get past the idea that the country voted for donald trump. it's not an attack on trump. i think that he's right in a certain sense on if unchecked different things, but you wouldn't elect him unless you really wanted to send a message. so what is the message? the people in charge on both sides that hated him screwed up. >> massachusetts voters elect their governor and charlie baker is up against democrat jay gonzalez. they met for a debate hosted by boston tv stations wsbk. >> campaign 2018 special. the massachusetts governor's debate starts right now. >> good evening and welcome to the massachusetts gubernatorial debate. i am john keller political analyst. welcoming those of you watching live stream on cbs boston.com and our listeners on the newsradio 1030 and viewers across the state and the nation on c-span. let's meet the candidate for the governor of massachusetts in alphabetical order. they are the incumbent republican charlie baker a former healthcare executives and
>>> it's about why we elected trump and i couldn't get past it. i couldn't get past the idea that the country voted for donald trump. it's not an attack on trump. i think that he's right in a certain sense on if unchecked different things, but you wouldn't elect him unless you really wanted to send a message. so what is the message? the people in charge on both sides that hated him screwed up. >> massachusetts voters elect their governor and charlie baker is up against democrat...
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i sat down with him before the 2016 election and he was a man stricken. he was in pain and tortured over what to do but trump. he told me donald trump doesn't believe anything i believe when it comes to foreign policy. he is saying crazy things and told me he thought that donald trump was nuts and couldn't bring himself to reject the party's nominee. jim baker came out of his time in washington convinced that the only way to wield power is from the inside, and he is just not a man who thinks there's any efficacy in being an outside howling and complaining. that no one will take your seriously. and this is the struggle of the republican party under trump. and i -- it's really been i think a window into the parties soul to watch jim baker wrestle with donald trump who on a permanent level is the exact opposite of him. and yet baker halves' has never brought him to publicly denounce trump and disavow the turn in the republican party that he spend his whole life working in a different direction. >> fascinating. just all fascinating. these two men who clearly
i sat down with him before the 2016 election and he was a man stricken. he was in pain and tortured over what to do but trump. he told me donald trump doesn't believe anything i believe when it comes to foreign policy. he is saying crazy things and told me he thought that donald trump was nuts and couldn't bring himself to reject the party's nominee. jim baker came out of his time in washington convinced that the only way to wield power is from the inside, and he is just not a man who thinks...
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do not ask for an hours for help and domestic elections. and i was so strict one - - so struck by a. >> james baker was the untroubled cannot disavow him. and then to be in pain and tortured so donald trump doesn't believe anything i believe when it comes to foreign-policy. and then told me donald trump was nuts but could not bring himself to reject the nominee baker came out of his time in washington convinced the only way is from inside to wield power and he doesn't think there is any efficacy whatsoever to be outside howling and complaining and nobody will take you seriously. it is a struggle the republican party under trump and it is a window to watch jim baker russell who on a personal level is the exact opposite. and yet baker has never applied himself to publicly denounce trump that he spent his whole life working in a different direction. >> fascinating. it is all fascinating. these two men who clearly shaped washington with these enduring legacies the books could not be more important thank you for an extraordinary conversation
do not ask for an hours for help and domestic elections. and i was so strict one - - so struck by a. >> james baker was the untroubled cannot disavow him. and then to be in pain and tortured so donald trump doesn't believe anything i believe when it comes to foreign-policy. and then told me donald trump was nuts but could not bring himself to reject the nominee baker came out of his time in washington convinced the only way is from inside to wield power and he doesn't think there is any...
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the first time i was in the oval office was after i had been elected. i've been to the white house but i haven't been in the oval office. the tradition is shortly after the election the current president invites his successor in the hand he has me over and they couldn't be more gracious. i have to make the point that they had set up a transition process that was flawless and generous and thoughtful so that every member of 43 his staff have made themselves available to the person who was going to be taking their place and they prepared manual and books about how things work. they recognized there was a value of those differences and when i walked into the oval office, there is a reference for the office that is independent of you and if you don't feel that, then you shouldn't be there. [applause] a lot is represented in that office. not just the soldiers, but they than soma and workers in a coal mine and farmers in the dust bowl. you've are carrying that vessel and i never lost reverence for the office. every day i would come and say i'm going to make mi
the first time i was in the oval office was after i had been elected. i've been to the white house but i haven't been in the oval office. the tradition is shortly after the election the current president invites his successor in the hand he has me over and they couldn't be more gracious. i have to make the point that they had set up a transition process that was flawless and generous and thoughtful so that every member of 43 his staff have made themselves available to the person who was going...
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senate would be senators elected from states that when the other way in the presidential election. these days you are talking about a handful of senators at best who can defy the overarching identity of their state as either a blue state or red state. that is a massive structural shift and the shift in our media. we can debate whether the shift in the media led to the shift in politics or they are representations of the same phenomenon, but it is so different. host: and i promise we will get into the jim baker book. it is worth reading. i want to read one paragraph. "baker had long aspired to the state department, an ambition born of success so rapid it was easy to forget how quickly it had all happened. he was 58 years old and only 10 years earlier he had been between jobs, a houston lawyer, who lost the campaign for the only political office he ever tried to win. it was a mark of his convincing rise that baker's appointment as secretary of state now was not the least bit controversial." we got to get back to the calls. james in philadelphia, you are on with peter baker and susan
senate would be senators elected from states that when the other way in the presidential election. these days you are talking about a handful of senators at best who can defy the overarching identity of their state as either a blue state or red state. that is a massive structural shift and the shift in our media. we can debate whether the shift in the media led to the shift in politics or they are representations of the same phenomenon, but it is so different. host: and i promise we will get...
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we've got another election coming up in a few weeks and i think that is more important. talking about the changes that move away from thens bipartisanship to the polarization one of the things they pointed out is how they hadn't moved equally to the polls. i've been a small party in tennessee. at least i've got a party. you don't have a party now and the force right now in the republican party in the state means people like bill and bob corker and bill frist i don't think could win today. he said could you be elected today and he thought about it and saidbe yes we could but we could never be nominated and that's the danger we've got right now. my problem isn't even with whatever he may have committed in the past. my problem is today there is no regard for truth and that's different than it's been. to my republican friends i hope you can take your party and in my book there's an essay i could write on how i could be of republican and it would make some of my a democratic friends mad but when you look what abraham lincoln has done, and teddy roosevelt for the working peopl
we've got another election coming up in a few weeks and i think that is more important. talking about the changes that move away from thens bipartisanship to the polarization one of the things they pointed out is how they hadn't moved equally to the polls. i've been a small party in tennessee. at least i've got a party. you don't have a party now and the force right now in the republican party in the state means people like bill and bob corker and bill frist i don't think could win today. he...
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in 19 before the election. on twitter the question is is basically saying everyone including funny no one question actions saying from one. you use the power of a large corporation, they do censor what guess what, i so glad you're censor, i'm so glad you lost your job. i'm so glad i bought is amazing to me mister roth as a asce on twitter your day or agency in the remove form. here's something that discussed the you. in your doctoral dissertation in day you are minors should have access to grindr myers really elon musk than 44,000 pounds were a child born. you permanently banned my allow child porn all over later. twitter had become a platform you said think we're young adult schedules and in 2010 high school students and sent to sex with their teachers. in 2021 while you were 80 on twitter underage boy and his mother is a lawsuit against where because twitter was benefiting and refuse through a video featuring this boy another minor. that is you violated me. why are mysweets, soccer office . i was talking abou
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on march 9th, 1967, senator howard baker junior, the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address, his first speech on the floor of the senate. he spoke for too long. the republican leader of the senate who was also baker's father in law, walked to congratulate him and said howard, occasionally you might enjoy the luxury of unexpressed thought. which is good advice for farewell address as well. senator baker's legislative assistant, i was -- also a speechwriter that made an address, or at least i thought i was. he developed a bad habit of not saying what i wrote for his speech. i asked to see him, do i have a problem with our relationship? write what you want to write and say what i want to say. i learned a couple other things about saying what i want to say. one came from alex haley, the author of roots, you heard him speak once and said may i make a suggestion? if when you begin a speech you would start by saying, let me tell you a story. and david broder who gave this advice to ruth marcus when she got this opinion for the washington post, one idea per column. so here i
on march 9th, 1967, senator howard baker junior, the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address, his first speech on the floor of the senate. he spoke for too long. the republican leader of the senate who was also baker's father in law, walked to congratulate him and said howard, occasionally you might enjoy the luxury of unexpressed thought. which is good advice for farewell address as well. senator baker's legislative assistant, i was -- also a speechwriter that made an...
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from states that went the other way in the presidential election. these days are talking about a handful of senators at best who can sort of the five the overarching identity of their state as either a blue state or a red state. that's a massive structural shift in the shift in our media we can debate whether the shift in the media led to the shift in the politics or that they are both representations of the same phenomenon, but it's a different. >> host: i promise you will get into the jim baker book becauseea it's worth reading. int want to read one paragraph from it. baker had long aspired to the state department, and ambition board of a success so rapid that it was easy to forget how quickly it hadha all happened. he was 58 years years old and only ten years earlier he had been between jobs, between jobs houston lawyer who are just lost a campaign for the only political office he had ever tried to win. it was a mark of his convincing rise that baker's appointment as secretary of state now was not the least bit controversial. we have got to get b
from states that went the other way in the presidential election. these days are talking about a handful of senators at best who can sort of the five the overarching identity of their state as either a blue state or a red state. that's a massive structural shift in the shift in our media we can debate whether the shift in the media led to the shift in the politics or that they are both representations of the same phenomenon, but it's a different. >> host: i promise you will get into the...
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ds 22 election, or are solid about the other election deniers. there is a saying that for for evil to triumph in the world, just takes good people to do nothing and where are the peoplg in the republican party when the good things for the country shutting down theti election deniers in fact hundreds of that are running for office. >> well, it is one ofd the dam and i don't believe the republican candidates around the country are speaking about that nearly as much as some of the trying to say they are in their intalking about the inflation ad gas prices and everything else but that but, oh the democratsic it is understandable because there is political is the republicans are, they want to emphasize the democrats want to emphasize abortion emphasize january 6th and i was interesting to see that bernie sanders wrote a column a few days ago when she said the democrats were making about mistake trying to run this entirely in the abortion issue because most polls the abortion issue is like number six and number seven. i don't know to tell you about tha
ds 22 election, or are solid about the other election deniers. there is a saying that for for evil to triumph in the world, just takes good people to do nothing and where are the peoplg in the republican party when the good things for the country shutting down theti election deniers in fact hundreds of that are running for office. >> well, it is one ofd the dam and i don't believe the republican candidates around the country are speaking about that nearly as much as some of the trying to...
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he almost lost his election and he decided he wasn't going to be for gun control anymore. none of them were perfect but howard baker up in mice this, as they say in the book, i don't want to do a new panama canal treaty, howard baker said why now, why me and yet his staff said to him, senator, if you do this you'll never be president. he said i'm the senate leader and i have to figure out what's right for the senate. he did that. we remember him as a great senator and a great public servant. the talk as well about the transformational evolution of the senate and you cite certain moments when that was accelerated. you talk about the election of 78 and 80 and the confirmation battle, clearance, so little bit later, what was it about those moments and that experience that caused the acceleration? >> 78, 80 marked the beginning of a more partisan climate. we all think about citizens united case but back when buckley was decided, it freed up all kinds of special interest packs that flowed into the system and things got more partisan and things became more of an issue. but even
he almost lost his election and he decided he wasn't going to be for gun control anymore. none of them were perfect but howard baker up in mice this, as they say in the book, i don't want to do a new panama canal treaty, howard baker said why now, why me and yet his staff said to him, senator, if you do this you'll never be president. he said i'm the senate leader and i have to figure out what's right for the senate. he did that. we remember him as a great senator and a great public servant....
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in a typical off your state election when you are electing members of congress, your state reps, your state senators and your statewide officeholders like me. 50% ise huge. okay? the only time you get everybody to come to the table is he on your election and you get maybe 75 or 80% turnout. and believe it or not there is a big difference in who votes and what they think of you at 20% of turnout, 25 or 50u or 75. we'vepe been banging the drop on this one hard and it is really tough to get people to understand why those local and state elections are important. and yet, and yet that is a lot of things that will matter to you as an adult will happen and get done. that's not too say they're not huge issues of the federal level that matter, there are. but i think sometimes we don't appreciate -- we got a lot of work done every legislative session i've been involved in. a lot of the subject on climate is one 100% o bipartisan. we've got one the most comprehensive police accountability bills in the country past, bipartisan. we were working on that before the murder of george and floyd and all
in a typical off your state election when you are electing members of congress, your state reps, your state senators and your statewide officeholders like me. 50% ise huge. okay? the only time you get everybody to come to the table is he on your election and you get maybe 75 or 80% turnout. and believe it or not there is a big difference in who votes and what they think of you at 20% of turnout, 25 or 50u or 75. we'vepe been banging the drop on this one hard and it is really tough to get people...
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he was elected to the u.s. house in 1960 in the senate in 1968. he resigned as senate majority leader in 1996 to focus on his presidential campaign. he gave his farewell speech june 11, 1996. >> majority leader. you are recognized. >> i appreciate very much the resolution just past. neon or -- [laughter] can have anyan political advertising audit but -- [laughter] t the name in the next few monts might be enough. [laughter] i want to thank all of my colleagues and i want to go back 136 years ago, the committee arrived in springfield illinois. formally notify the republican party nominated him to run for president. history report in his formal reply, the news was just two sentences long. he surveyed the crowd as i survey the crowd here in the gallery and on the floor. they gathered outside his home and set i will no longer divert the pleasure of taking each of you by the hand. so i guess we can from 136 years ago, they're leaving this year end i am only one. i know we have the same thoughts and emotions. if we could go all shake hands of all the pe
he was elected to the u.s. house in 1960 in the senate in 1968. he resigned as senate majority leader in 1996 to focus on his presidential campaign. he gave his farewell speech june 11, 1996. >> majority leader. you are recognized. >> i appreciate very much the resolution just past. neon or -- [laughter] can have anyan political advertising audit but -- [laughter] t the name in the next few monts might be enough. [laughter] i want to thank all of my colleagues and i want to go back...